Foundry pouring device



June 19, 1928.

R. i'McGAUGl-IEY FOUNDRY POURING DEVICE Filed Jan. 2, 1925 Patented June 19, 1928.

UNITED STATES RALPH E. MoGAUGI-IEY, OF BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANiA, ASSIGNOR 'IO CONEMAUGH I PATENT OFFICE.

IRON WORKS, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

FOUNDRY POURING DEVICE.

Application filed January 2, 1925. Serial No. 277.

My invention relates to pouring ladles used in foundries for pouring molten metal into molds, my object being tomaterially reduce the number of workmen required in a pour ing operation so that for example one workman may do the pouring which ordinarily requires four workmen.

My invention consists in whatever is described by or is included within the terms or scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a desirable embodiment of my invention Fig. 1 is a top plan view of pouring mechanism by which four ladles may simultaneously be poured by one man;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring in detail to what is shown in the drawing there are two parallel rock shafts, 10, which are journalled in bearings upon parallel bars or channels, 11, and between said bars each shaft is constructed to support two pouring ladles, 12, each shaft for this purpose having a ring, 13, into which the ladle is inserted, the ladle being tapered downward and the interior of the ring being correspondingly tapered, the ladle is thereby held in the ring. The ladles are placed in the rings so that the pouring spouts are directed inward, for in the pouring operation the ladles on one shaft are tipped inward towards the ladles on the other shaft. The two rock shafts are oper atively connected together or geared together by a pulley, 14, on each shaft and a crossed belt, 16, so that the two shafts may be simultaneously rocked or turned in opposite directions and thereby all of the ladles simultaneously tipped for pouring. Each shaft has upon one end a. double crank, 17, by which one workman at one crank or the other can cause the turning of all the. ladles. Preferably the cranks on the two shafts are at opposite ends thereof.

By connecting the ladle shafts sothat the ladles tip in opposite direc-tions, and especially by using a. connection between the two shafts which transmit motion from one shaft to the other, the opposite ladles counterbalance one another. Again the opposite ladles pour towards one another, and the workman can readily see the discharge from all of the ladles, and this advantage is contributed to by the location of the cranks which is at the point where he can readily command a view of all the. ladles.

For supporting the ladles above the molds during a pouring operation each of the frame bars, 11, has a pair of links or eyes, 18, for engagement by hooks on suspending chains.

What I claim is:

In a pouring devlce for use 1n casting op 'erations thev combination of a. frame that consists only of two'parallel spaced apart bars, a pair of shafts journaled in hearings on said bars parallel with one another and forming a connection between said bars, a plurality of ladles supported on each of said shafts side by side with the pouring nozzles of the ladles or one shaft turned towards the pouring nozzles of the ladles on the other shaft, pulleys on the respective shafts, a cross-belt connecting the pulleys, manual means for rotating the shaft situated outside the frame bars and means on each frame bar situated. between the shaft bearings thereon for attaching suspending means.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature.

RALPH E. MoGAUGHEY. 

